Bhil
noun
a people inhabiting the hills of west central India.
Bhils
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pluralof Bhil.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There are some 4,000,000 Bhils scattered through the arid lands of west and central India, and they are poor, even for India.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bhils of the hills east of Gujarat also speak a rude Gujarati, with special dialectic peculiarities of their own, probably due to the fact that the tribes are of Dravidian origin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
A large portion is hilly, and inhabited by Bhils.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
Left and right the Bhils had scattered to let John Chinn subdue his own horse.
From The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling
In the parts in question they are in contact with the Bhils and Paurias; from whom they keep themselves distinct; and from whom they differ in dialect.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
